Rydges Hotel Christchurch

... round the corner from the square. You have probably seen it in the news footage. It is a big white curved multi-storey building called the Rydges. When we called she was unable to talk to us as she was on a work call so we had to wait till that finished. ...

... .   We had the privilege of meeting Mark and Anne in Nelson while camping and went to there beautiful home here in Christchurch with friends of there, Andy,Warren, Melinda 7 Shana. I hope I got the spelling of the names right!  Anne is ...

... up right where we left off.  Awesome dinner....THANK YOU!! Sunday brought me to New Zealand and the city of Christchurch-The City of Gardens.  I did not realize this city had a pretty devastating earthquake in September of 2010.  There are ...

... allowed access to our own money. So we celebrated by taking a bus out to Lyttleton which is 20 mins out of Christchurch. Had a lovely coastal walk and fantastic views. Sadly there were a lot of low clouds which blogged the complete range of mountains. ...

... to come out with so many bruises I don't know if that was down to the accomadation that we had. We stayed in a 4 bed dorm in Rydges hotel, which had a tv in our room with Sky movies!, a fridge in our room, spa, sauna, free drink on the Saturday night in ...

... was highly amused. The hot spa pool was much more civilised. We did get a little good news on St. Patrick's Day. The Rydges Hotel in Christchurch contacted us to say that they had gotten access to the rooms and that they were now in a position to send us ...

... ........ It was planned that I would be a named driver as well but where is my driving license? Yes in my bag in the Rydges Hotel in Chrishchurch. Anyway as the van is 6.7mts long I don't think I would have been too comfortable with it. Damien's Transit ...

... know their names, others we like to think can be counted amongst our friends.  To  that nameless concierge in the Rydges Hotel who advised us to visit the cultural district before going to the Cathedral  The police officers who directed us ...

... from the Aus leg of the trip are now safe as well. Our sincerest thanks and compliments to the management and staff of the Rydges Hotel for a brilliant job in what must have been really difficult conditions. Now all we have to do is unpack for the second ...

... was to die for!! We went away for a few days to Rotorua for New Year which was really nice and very relaxing.  The Rydges hotel there is lovely, with a private spa on your balcony you can sip bubbles whilst looking out over Lake Rotorua.  As it ...

... Lonely Planet's guide to New Zealand, just in time to head off to begin my two-week drive of this sister country, starting in Christchurch. A few other unique memories from my time in Cairns include: ~On Anzac Day, having a "pie", a bag of Burger Rings ...

Hi everyone!! I am in Queenstown at the moment, which is in the South Island. I arrived about 4 days ago but landed in Christchurch which is about 8hrs north East of here. It is absolutly FREEZING here - about 7 degrees yeaterday and 5 degrees today ...